Canastota man arrested for unlawful surveillance using shoe camera

COLONIE -- Patrick W. Kaiser, who spent three years in prison for spying on his tenants in Oneida, was arrested in Colonie and charged with taking up-skirt videos of women in a grocery store.

Kaiser, 54, of the 3400 block of Oxbow Road in Canastota, was charged with third-degree criminal trespass, a class B misdemeanor, and first-degree unlawful surveillance, a class D felony on Sunday after an off-duty Albany police officer said he noticed Kaiser behaving oddly in a Hannaford grocery store.

The officer said Kaiser fitted a camera in his shoe and recorded the view looking up women's skirts as they shopped. None of the women appeared to notice, and police are still looking for one woman in particular who left the store, unaware of what had happened.

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When the off-duty police officer noticed what Kaiser was doing, he attempted to stop him. Kaiser left the store on foot, trespassing on private property nearby. Shortly after the off-duty officer notified police, Kaiser was apprehended in the grocery store parking lot.

Colonie Police Department Lt. Robert Winn said the shoe was a lace-up work shoe with a hole cut for a small camera. The shoe has been sent to the State Police Crime Lab for analysis.

Colonie police said that the case is on its way to the Albany County District Attorney's office for review

Kaiser was arraigned in Colonie Town Court and committed to Albany County Jail where he is being held without bail.